GIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COLLEGE CREDITS FOR HIGH SCORES ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT PLANS

By Bob Katzen

Another proposal heard by the Higher Education Committee would direct the Department of Higher Education to establish regulatory standards allowing high school students who have achieved a score of 3 or higher on their Advanced Placement (AP) exams to receive college credit at Massachusetts’ state universities. Continue reading GIVE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS COLLEGE CREDITS FOR HIGH SCORES ON ADVANCED PLACEMENT PLANS

$1.3 BILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION (S 2512)

By Bob Katzen

Senate 40-0, approved a $1.3 billion supplemental budget that uses funds generated from the recent surtax imposed on taxpayers’ earnings of more than $1 million annually, to fund $617 million for education-related projects and $670 million for transportation-related ones. The House has already approved its own version of the budget and a House-Senate conference committee will hammer out a compromise version that will be sent to Gov. Maura Healey. Continue reading $1.3 BILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION AND EDUCATION (S 2512)

SOMERVILLE/MEDFORD NEWS WEEKLY SPEAKUP LINE:LONGTIME SOMERVILLE BUSINESSES VICTIMS OF THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION

Dear Billy T and Somerville/Medford News Weekly Speakup Line,

Billy, just like the video that you did some time ago at Mama Lisa’s Pizza on Broadway, the same happened to the Alibrandi’s Barber Shop on Holland Street two years ago. Continue reading SOMERVILLE/MEDFORD NEWS WEEKLY SPEAKUP LINE:LONGTIME SOMERVILLE BUSINESSES VICTIMS OF THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION